Vietnam: Bringing the Battlefieled into the American Living Room

In chapter twelve of Rodger Streitmatter's book Mightier than the Sword, the topic falls upon The Vietnam War. What Streitmatter focused on was not the war its self but what the affect of a televised war has on the fighting spirit of a country. The Vietnam War was the first American war to ever be televised, and according to some critic's, that was one of the major reason why it ended in shambles. Throughout the war countless news agencies sent correspondence to spectate and report back on events as they happend. These reports and interviews were then brodcast straight into every american home that had a TV. this ended up causing a great rifft between the people and the government.